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Big Brother’s live evictions move to Thursdays for next two weeks

Big Brother‘s live eviction shows are set to take place on Thursday for the next two weeks, rather than Friday.

Channel 5 usually airs the Big Brother live eviction on a Friday each week. However, the evictions are scheduled to take place on Thursday for the next two weeks.

This means upcoming live evictions will be on Thursday, June 22 and Thursday, June 29.

Apart from the swap from Thursday to Friday, nothing else has changed. The live episodes will start at 9pm as usual, with Bit on the Side and the live feed airing straight afterwards.

No reasons have been given for the change in schedule, but evictions look set to return to Fridays in July.

We have a usual Friday eviction to look forward to tonight, however, as Charlotte, Imran, Kayleigh, Raph, Rebecca and Sukhvinder all face the public vote.

Mandy Longworth became the first housemate to receive the boot last week, after People’s Housemate Tom chose to save Imran. Arthur Fulford later left the Big Brother house, with no official explanation offered for his departure.

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Big Brother vs Love Island: Who won the launch night ratings battle?

Channel 5 and ITV2 went head-to-head with the Big Brother and Love Island launch nights on Monday (June 5), but which show raked in the most views?

There was little in it when it came to the ratings results for the rival reality shows last night. However, according to overnight figures, Big Brother just managed to win the war.

The Channel 5 series attracted an audience of 1.32 million for the premiere episode, which aired between 8.30 and 10.30pm.

Love Island, on the other hand, enjoyed a commendable 1.2 million views when the opening show started half an hour later at 9pm.

They might have been pipped to the post by BB, but the overall ratings were a success for the dating series, having increased figures by around half a million since the 2016 launch night (which received 700,000).

While Love Island is clearly going from strength to strength, Big Brother scored the lowest ever ratings for a launch night of the non-celebrity series. The programme raked in 1.5 million in 2016, meaning yesterday’s show actually saw a 200,000 decrease.

For those of you that want to keep up with both of the reality television series this year, don’t worry. The rest of the episodes will now be airing at separate times, with ITV2’s Love Island beginning at 9pm and Big Brother following an hour later on Channel 5. However, the two shows will clash on a Friday when the live Big Brother evictions take place at 9pm.

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Big Brother 2017 start date revealed

The reported start date for the 2017 summer series of Big Brother has been revealed.

The latest Big Brother theme and eye logo was unveiled last week and now it has been claimed that the new series will launch in the first week of June.

However, it looks as though there will be a change in schedule this time around. Usually host Emma Willis welcomes new housemates into the BB digs on a Tuesday, but reports suggest that proceedings will kick off on a Sunday this year.

A source informed The Daily Star: “Channel 5 pencilled in the 2nd to the 6th of June for the launch of Big Brother.

“Normally the show kicks off on a Tuesday which would make it June 6 but this year things are different.”

The insider added: “All signs point to the show kicking off on Sunday June 4.”

The source also revealed how the show plans to have some sort of link to previous series.

“They already plan to have a second house like last year and are hoping to bring in a second wave of housemates to the main house within the first few weeks of the show,” they said.

“One idea is to bring in housemates linked to previous year’s contestants to give the 2017 series a twist that’s never been done before.

“Ex-housemates are known for speaking their minds so bosses are hoping it will help create a massive buzz on social media.”

“At a time of political upheaval and tough questions about unity in the UK, Big Brother brings you an alternative look at Britain.”

The new series will bring a “summer of contrasts, conflicts and collaborations and more fireworks than you could imagine, as a selection of people, from a range of backgrounds, come together in the ultimate social experiment.

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Big Brother’s Georgina Cantwell and Jackson Blyton are reportedly engaged after two months

Georgina Cantwell and Jackson Blyton, who met on this year’s Big Brother over the summer, are reportedly engaged to the married.

In new photographs released by The Sun, Cantwell was pictured wearing a sparkler on a very important finger while out with a friend in Soho.

The news comes despite the pair originally telling OK! magazine they were not planning to get engaged for at least another year.

Speaking earlier this year, Blyton said: “In a year, if we are still together, we’ll get engaged and I will give her the proposal she wants.”

He went on to describe the perfect proposal for Cantwell: “It will happen at the Gran Floridian Hotel in Walt Disney World.

“I will give Georgina a Cartier ring on a Louis Vuitton show. That’s what she wants.”

While Cantwell and Blyton have not – at least to the media’s knowledge – visited Walt Disney World in Florida over the last few weeks, Cantwell did share on social media that the couple were headed off for a romantic holiday in Paris a couple of days ago.

It might not have been exactly the proposal that was planned, but we think a Louis Vuitton show in Paris might be an acceptable substitute. And there’s a Disneyland there too!

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Jason Burrill wins Big Brother 2016

Body double Jason Burrill is the winner of Big Brother 2016.

The public vote saw 45-year-old Burrill edge past the bookies favourite Hughie Maughan to win the competition and £90,000 prize after 50 days in the Big Brother house. 21-year-old Maughan placed second in the competition.

Burrill was visibly shocked as he left the Big Brother house as the winner, and told host Emma Willis he never expected to win the show. He said: “I didn’t think I’d be here from day one. I’m not a man of many words but I think my dad’s going to be really happy.”

He spoke calmly and confidently to Willis about his experiences in the house, which included him coming face to face with ex-girlfriend Charlie Doherty. The reconnection led to a series of blazing rows in the house, but Burrill said he hoped there were no more bad feelings between the pair.

Burrill said: “Me and Charlie have had many chapters in our lives for the year and a half we’ve known each other.

“These few weeks were just another chapter. We’ll just turn the page and hopefully we’ll be amicable and be able to talk. I don’t want that bad feeling, that’s the last thing I want. It’s just another chapter in our lives and let’s just crack on.”

Runner-up Maughan made light of Burrill’s unexpected win, admitting: “I’m really happy for him but I think he’s about to have a heart attack. To be honest, I don’t think one person would have thought he would win. I’m runner up and I’m so happy to be here.”

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Nigel Farage for Celebrity Big Brother?

Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he’d be “tempted” to shack up in the Celebrity Big Brother house, were the right opportunity to arise.

Telling the Daily Star that he would be “very good” as a contestant on the show, he confessed he would primarily be entering the house in order to “mentally torture” EU bosses, if only Channel 5 would introduce a ‘politicians-only’ series.

“I would like to torture them, mentally, slowly, for all the bad things they’ve done”, he boasted, when asked how he might fare if locked in a reality TV house with the likes of EU president Jean-Claude Juncker.

Questioned about his reality TV viability in general, Farage joked:

“I’m hoping there could be a brand new programme called Strictly Come Drinking. I’d be very good at that one”.

Paddy Power odds have it at 10-1 that the divisive politician could appear as a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother.

“I’m well known for saying what I think and for not holding back on my opinions. So I think if I got into one of those situations it could be tricky”, continued Farage.

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Big Brother Launch: Twitter reacts to this year’s shocking housemates and a few familiar faces

IT’S BACK! Big Brother smashed its way onto our screens last night with the opening line, “the game has changed”.

We learnt that the housemates are in for a bumpy ride as Big Brother promises to dole out some evil tasks this year. We were also introduced to “The Others” – a group of six housemates who will live in a separate house unbeknownst to the main housemates. Their aim is to target and destroy the main housemates in order to take their places to be in with a chance of winning the competition.

The fun twist we are yet to experience is that each of The Others have some sort of personal connection to the housemates. We’ve already been teased the idea that there are a couple of exes floating around. Prepare for explosive consequences.

Back to the main event; we were introduced to 12 housemates in varying shades of crazy. This year Big Brother has decided to throw into the mix a handful of pseudo-celebrities in the form of failed reality TV stars. Whether this was to jazz things up a bit or just because we no longer have normal members of the public left, who knows?

First up, Marco Pierre White Jr. – yes, son of the famous chef. The 21 year old has the look of a serial killer in his eyes and promises that this will be a “f***ing summer to remember”. Although engaged, he has already claimed his fiancee has given him a “hall pass” to cheat whilst in the house.

A guy covered in tats. There’s my eye candy for the summer. Shame about his personality though lol #bbmarco

Next to enter the house were twins Emma and Victoria who will count as one housemate. Essentially the Cheeky Girls 2.0, these two are full of unbridled enthusiasm we imagine will get annoying within about five minutes of meeting them.

There had to be one good guy, Andy West takes that role. West was fired from the BBC for protesting that homophobic and misogynistic boxer Tyson Fury was nominated for Sports Personality of the Year. He says if he can’t have intelligent conversation with someone in the house he may go mental. Good luck Andy.

Laura described her life trajectory as going from housewife to “international baller”. Her current trajectory in the house has been over-confident airhead to possible first evictee. She claims that when she walks into a room she knows she can have any guy she wants.

Best friend to queen of the jungle Vicky Pattinson, Alex has already got quite a lot of fans. The model and co-star of Judge Geordie is sure to get a healthy dose of female attention in the house.

Here he is…. The winner of #bbuk…. My best friend, ultimate stud and one of the kindest and most incredible lad I know! @alexcannon247 — Vicky Pattison (@VickyGShore) June 7, 2016

Hailing from another dodgy reality show, Lateysha is Welsh and so proud of it she had a sheep tattooed on her… well, guess. Not afraid to show a bit lot of skin she has bags of self-confidence and is not afraid of anyone, except her mum. Hmm, I wonder if her mum is busy this summer or if she fancies a little holiday in a strange house?

Evelyn tells us she has an “ugly attitude” but also that she’s “f***ing awesome” so that’d good to hear. So far, people seem most interested in the fact she’s Australian. An accent – how thrilling!

OMGGG an Australian😍 I love her already!💜 I’m LIVING for her accent and attitude! #BBUK#BBEvelyn — Jaymee (@jamiefenty) June 7, 2016

“Man about town” Sam actually comes across as quite a nice guy in his VT. Until he tries to claim he has the best hair in his “area”. Cue Twitter frenzy.

“I’ve got the best hair” IT LOOKS LIKE A PIE. #bbuk — Andi McLellan (@AndiMcLellan) June 7, 2016

Self confessed posh tw*t Georgina is next up and immediately alienates herself by saying her biggest annoyance is un-pedicured feet. Way to go babe. Georgina joins the increasing list of reality TV monkeys as she has previously been featured on Taking New York. We hadn’t heard of it either…

“You don’t need to have money to have horses.” Right okay, so you’re gonna give birth to them yourself then are you? #BBGeorgina#BBUK — brandon (@ARTPOPBRANDON) June 7, 2016

Jason may look terrifying at first, but he’s just a big softie – or so he tells us. He tells presenter Emma Willis that the worst thing he could encounter in the house were his three exes. After he trots indoors a giant picture of Charlie (one of The Others) not-so-subtly pops up on screen. Ooh err, we’re in for a treat. Jason bizarrely works as a film stand-in, so chances are we’ve seen a limb or two of his before.

Jackson has already made himself a fan favourite by telling us he’s a simple fella who has a whole lot of respect for ladies. He calls himself an “anti-man” and claims his life motto is “f*ck it”. As long as that doesn’t apply to the housemates, we’re on his side.

Chelsea is a winner in his words. We have a feeling that won’t prove true in this series as this entrepreneur has just a smidge too much arrogance coursing through his veins. We are seriously interested in watching his do his hair in the morning.